Tag Archives: Karen Bates Kress

The Yellowstone Association and Yellowstone Park Foundation are merging, after a unanimous vote by both organizations’ board of directors.

A Lamar Buffalo Ranch energy system combining solar-power generation with re-used Camry Hybrid battery packs is now up and running, which will improve energy efficiency and renewable energy production.

Two big Yellowstone National Park projects received significant funding from the National Park Service Centennial Challenge: the Gardiner Gateway Project and native cutthroat trout restoration, totaling $1 million.

You’ve all been asked to donate a small amount when checking into a Yellowstone National Park hotel, and that amount adds up: The Yellowstone Park Foundation (YPF) and Xanterra Parks & Resorts announced the Guest Donation Program topped the $1 million mark in August.

Nice honor: The Yellowstone Park Foundation (YPF) received a $106,000 grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) to protect historic collections at the Yellowstone National Park Archives’ Heritage and Research Center (HRC).

The landscape around Old Faithful is changing, as the former Old Faithful Haynes Photo Shop has been moved to a spot next to Old Faithful Lodge, opening tomorrow as exhibit space for the Yellowstone Park Foundation (YPF) and the National Park Service.

Karen Bates Kress, a veteran fundraiser at various nature-oriented nonprofits over the last 30 years, is the new president of the Yellowstone Park Foundation, which raises about $6 million a year for projects that protect, preserve, and enhance Yellowstone National Park.